AUTHORS: Javier Molina-Gil, Lucía González-Fernández et al. Headache. 2021 03; 61(3): 560-562 OBJECTIVE To describe a case report of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) due to coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). BACKGROUND In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Respiratory system manifestations are dominant in this new disease. However, numerous case series and reviews […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira F1rstNews Summary What happens when you make a mistake in your medical record documentation? Do you just write over it or, in the EMR context, simply hit delete and reenter? What about the timing of the revision? All these and other topics related to revising the anesthesia record are discussed in today’s […]
Read MorePatricia Kritek, MD, reviewing Hughes CG et al. N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 2 NEJM Journal Watch Key clinical outcomes were similar with either drug. Current best practice in the intensive care unit (ICU) is to use the least medication necessary to keep patients alert, interactive, and comfortable while they receive mechanical ventilation. Compared with propofol and […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was “robustly” associated with an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric disorders in the 6 months after a diagnosis, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry. The study found that risks were greatest in, but not limited to, patients who had severe COVID-19. “To our knowledge, we provide […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Andrew Witten, Dario Marotta et al. Headache. 2021 Mar 22 INTRODUCTION Migraine headache prevalence, etiology, and clinical presentations change from childhood to adulthood. Dural innervation plays a role in headache symptomatology, but the changes in innervation during development have not been fully explored in the literature. METHODS A narrative literature review on developmental innervation […]
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